Australian Academy of Photography Blog

There are many challenging assignments throughout your course that will develop all aspects of your photography. However, I recommend doing some optional shooting projects to practice and reinforce your basic technical skills.

What equipment will you need to buy for your course? Where can you buy it? The following is a list of photography equipment that you will need to complete your course assignments. Photography equipment can be expensive so I’ve also included some tips for reducing the cost, especially when you’re starting out.

Often in photography we work with shutter speeds that are fractions of a second. But we can use them to create exposures of many seconds, minutes and even longer. These long exposures can produce surreal and dreamlike images that go beyond what we see with the human eye.